On my hood, if you look at it in the right light, it looks brownish. I don't like it very much. What would cause this? Do I have to get it repainted?

 

Pontiac uses brown in there black.....the only way to fix it repaint

oh..and its not just your hood....its all over!

 

my NBM looks purple too if the light catches it right

 

I'm wondering if I polish it if you'll notice it as much.

 

the flurouescent lights in my garage make the paint look a weird shade, but other than that it doesnt look anything but black

 

Under certain lighting my WS6 hood looks brown, and according to several different LS1 sites, it's normal (I don't like it, but it's normal)

 

yup, my hood is the same way

 

GM has always mixed brown in there black. It helps hides imperfections.

 

mine is the same way, its really easy to see at night if you hold a flashlight up to the paint.

 

its even better when u get a new door put on your car and they dont blend it, then it looks like a door from a grand wagoneer on your 12k mile ss!!

 

Its true.....

 

i have the same problem...

 

I never knew that.

Wonder how it helps hide perfections. If you painted part of the car regular black, would you be able to notice a difference?

 

My dads black 02 silverado does the same thing

 

LOL... just spat some of my Dr. Pepper after i read that.

 

good luck trying to find a "regular black"...as black is a mixture of all colors....it all depends on how much of the other colors on what your car will have a tint of....but as stated GM uses brown as a big tint to their black

 

Mine's brown too Spotlight proved it to me one night.

 

My firebird and my 94 chevy pickup have a new black paint job on them. When sitting next to my 97 tahoe, or any factory gm black car, there is a noticable difference. I would compare it to having 2 extra coats of wax on the car.

 

thats funny, my hood always looks white

 

maybe i'm getting old, but i musta missed something